PBLTool Box

• http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-overview
• http://www.edutopia.org/beginning-journey-five-year-olds-drive-their-own-pbl-projects
• http://www.edutopia.org/toad-tracking

• Project addresses curriculum standards
• Project is multidisciplinary
• Poses a problem or essential question that guides student learning
• Real-world or authentic connection for students
• Allow some student choice of topic
• Teacher acts as a facilitator
• Students conduct research using multiples sources of information
• Project extends over a considerable period of time
• Project requires the design and development of a product, presentation, or performance to be used or viewed by others
• Project is collaborative in nature
• Promotes higher-level thinking

• Increased student motivation
• Increased problem-solving ability
• Improved research skills
• Improved social skills
• Improved resource-management and time-management skills
• Promotes life-long learning
• Accommodates students with varying learning styles and differences
• Allows for authentic assessment